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  • Ian Fleming's Inspiration

    The Truth Behind the Books

    by Edward Abel Smith ...
    "A journey through Fleming's direct involvement in World War II intelligence and how this translated through his typewriter into James Bond's world." — The Washington TimesSecret agent James Bond is among the best known fictional characters in history, but what most people don't know is that almost all of the characters, plots, and gadgets come from the real life of Bond's creator, Commander Ian ... Read more

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  • The British Oskar Schindler

    The Life and Work of Nicholas Winton

    by Edward Abel Smith ...
    When Nicholas Winton canceled his skiing holiday in favor of going to Prague to visit a friend, little did he know this decision would change the course of thousands of lives, including his own. As millions of Jewish families attempted to flee the growing clutches of the brutal Nazi war of terror, this twenty-nine-year-old stockbroker decided to act, pulling off one of the most remarkable rescue ... Read more

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  • Operation Mincemeat

    How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

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  • Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

    The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

    by Giles Milton ...
    Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machineIn the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage.The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had ... Read more

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  • For Your Eyes Only

    Ian Fleming and James Bond

    by Ben Macintyre ...
    The official history of Ian Fleming and James Bond by the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat'Marvellously entertaining and informative' Spectator'Thrilling' Sunday Times'An entertaining mix of history, espionage, biography, and post-war sociology' Literary Review_____________________'I am going to write t... ... Read more

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  • In Search of the Real Dad's Army

    The Home Guard and the Defence of the United Kingdom, 1940–1944

    by Stephen M. Cullen ...
    "A fascinating examination of one of the best-known British forces of the Second World War . . . An efficient and increasingly professional military unit." — History of WarWhat was the Home Guard? Who were the men and women who served in it? And what can be said of their real role and significance once the popular myths have been stripped away?Despite the fame of the Home Guard—of Dad's Army—the ... Read more

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  • Dowding of Fighter Command

    Victor of the Battle of Britain

    by Vincent Orange ...
    An extensive biography of the life and distinguished military career of the Scottish air chief marshal.Making full use of archival sources, studies by other scholars, and information provided by family members, Vincent Orange has completed the first biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to cover his entire life.Soldier, pilot, wireless pioneer, squadron commander, spiritualist, champion ... Read more

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  • The Life of Ian Fleming

    by John Pearson ...
    From the author of All the Money in the World and The Profession of Violence comes the definitive biography of James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming.It is now over fifty years since the premiere of Dr No, the very first Bond film, with Sean Connery introducing 007 as the glamorous secret agent who would become the single most profitable movie character in the history of cinema. But James Bond was ... Read more

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  • A Game of Birds and Wolves

    The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II

    by Simon Parkin ...
    As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised by Captain ... Read more

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  • VCs of the First World War: Somme 1916

    by Gerald Gliddon ...
    Series series VCs of the First World War
    The Battle of the Somme, which lasted from 1 July to 18 November 1916, is remembered as one of the most horrific and tragic battles of the First World War. On the first day alone nearly 19,000 British troops were killed – the greatest one-day loss in the history of the British Army. By November the death toll from the armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to over a million. This book ... Read more

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  • Double Agent Celery

    MI5's Crooked Hero

    by Carolinda Witt ...
    This personal biography reveals the incredible true story of the British secret agent who posed as a Nazi spy during WWII.With Britain braced for a German invasion, MI5 recruited Walter Dicketts, a former officer of the Royal Naval Air Force—and a known con artist—as a double agent. Codenamed Celery, Dicketts was sent to Lisbon with the mission of persuading the Germans he was a traitor and then ... Read more

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  • Memories of an S.O.E. Historian

    by M. R. D. Foot ...
    The historian of the British World War II intelligence organization chronicles his life and service career in this memoir.Michael (M.R.D.) Foot enjoys the rare distinction of being the only person referred to by his real name in a John Le Carré novel. A highly significant tribute to the man entrusted with writing the official record of the Special Operations Executive. He authored first (1966) the ... Read more

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